Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Spoilers as to the identity of the Wicked Witch of the West contained within. When I say that Oz the Great and Powerful is all downhill from the opening credits, don't take that to be too harsh a ...

There's a new trailer for Oz: The Great and Powerful and it looks like the Sam Raimi directing, James Franco starring project will be a loud, technicolor trip back to Oz you might want to avoid. Okay, ...

It’s a bad omen when, early on in Oz the Great and Powerful, we learn that the full given name of its wizard is Oscar, also the ceremony that star James Franco once presided over as calamitously as he ...

Some of them reach at least a little bit in their reference points: “Somewhere over the rainbow there may be a more magical movie, but this will certainly do.” – Tom Long, Detroit News “...you draw ...

This line, sung by Glinda in the song “No One Mourns the Wicked,” is one of the most nuanced lyrics, in my opinion, of the whole “Wicked” musical. It applies for every type of villain, even though the ...

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL “Who's got one thumb and stole Daniel Day-Lewis' hat? High five!” Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is a traveling huckster magician nicknamed “Oz” whose ability to woo the ladies ...

In the film from director Sam Raimi, a young man played by James Franco is caught in a tornado that takes him from Kansas to Oz. That's where we get the back-story of how a circus magician named Oscar ...